Africa · West Africa

Ghana security & risk intelligence

Regional hub stability, northern-border prevention against Sahel spillover, chieftaincy and land disputes, and economic-stress and urban-crime trends.

Overall risk: Critical
Published records: 47
Analyst reviewed: 0 · 0%
Last updated: 8 Oct 2026, 15:46 UTC

Intelligence library — Ghana

Total published items: 47
Analyst-reviewed: 0 (0%)
Briefings: 1
Last 7 days: 3
Last 30 days: 38
Distinct sources: 5

Library last updated 8 Oct 2026, 15:46 UTCCoverage since 17 Aug 2026

Derived from 49 verified intelligence records in the trailing 90 days (latest 2026-10-07). Overall index 81/100.

Risk indicator trends

Threat, political, terrorism, conflict and maritime reporting for Ghana over time.

Threat: 33
Political: 6
Terrorism: 1
Conflict: 0
Maritime: 0

Sub-regional & location breakdown

Derived from published records only — sub-regions and locations appear when reporting exists.

Country-level reporting

49 records

Latest 7 Oct 2026

Ghana · 42

Threat profile

Principal threats

· Incident
· Insight

Domain risk scores

security81/100
maritime1/100
aviation1/100
climate1/100
political49/100

Moderate40
High8
Critical1

Latest Ghana records

ModerateLow confidence7 Oct 2026· Ghana
Haruna Iddrisu responds to Bawumia's claims on Free SHS
Education Minister, Haruna Iddrisu has rejected claims by New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme is facing significant challenges.
3News (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence7 Oct 2026· Ghana
NPP celebrates Bawumia on birthday, prays for 2028 election victory
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has celebrated former Vice President and its 2024 presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on his birthday, commending his years of service to the party and the Republic of Ghana.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence2 Oct 2026
Ghana Mobile Money Hits US$44 Billion in August
Ghana Mobile Money Hits US$44 Billion in August. Reported by riotimesonline.com and surfaced through GDELT global news monitoring.
GDELT · riotimesonline.com
ModerateLow confidence29 Sept 2026
Ghana Airports Company Wins More Awards for Accra Airport
Ghana Airports Company Wins More Awards for Accra Airport. Reported by riotimesonline.com and surfaced through GDELT global news monitoring.
GDELT · riotimesonline.com
ModerateLow confidence29 Sept 2026· Ghana
Bawumia calls for paradigm shift in Ghana’s healthcare policies after GMA engagement
New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2028 presidential candidate and former Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called for a rethink of Ghana’s healthcare policies following an engagement with the leadership of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA).
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence29 Sept 2026· Ghana
Patriotic Intellectuals-TTU endorses John Boadu for NPP National Chairman
The Takoradi Technical University (TTU) Chapter of the Patriotic Intellectuals Ghana has endorsed Mr John Boadu, former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for the position of National Chairman.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence28 Sept 2026· Ghana
Bawumia engages Ghana Medical Association on health workforce and licensing concerns
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has engaged the leadership of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) on challenges confronting Ghana’s health sector, including the retention of medical professionals and concerns over proposed changes to licensing requirements. The meeting, held at the GMA House at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, formed part of Dr Bawumia’s ongoing stakeholder consultations on issues of national importance. The discussions, led by GMA President Professor Dr Ernest Yorke, focused on challenges affecting healthcare delivery as well as the working conditions of medical professionals. Among the issues raised were health workforce retention, the migration
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence28 Sept 2026· Ghana
The Ladder Project engages 60 UPSA student leaders on leadership and Ghana’s next chapter
Leadership House, a leadership and civic engagement institution aligned with the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has brought together 60 student leaders at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) for discussions on leadership, citizenship and Ghana’s future. The engagement, held on Thursday, September 24, 2026, was organised in collaboration with the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG-UPSA) and the UPSA Students’ Representative Council (SRC). The event, dubbed The Ladder Project, featured former Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and former Information Minister Fatimatu Abubakar as speakers. It focused on “Leadership, Citizenship and Ghana’s Next Chapter”, combin
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
HighLow confidence28 Sept 2026· Ghana
Suspect in murder of phone dealer allegedly sold his iPhone 12 for GH¢100
The Ghana Police Service has retrieved the iPhone 12 belonging to 33-year-old Nana Yaw Kyere, a phone dealer at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, who was reported missing on September 22. His alleged kidnapping and murder have led to the arrest of three suspects.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
HighLow confidence28 Sept 2026· Ghana
Police arrest three suspects over kidnapping and murder of Circle Phone Dealer
The Ghana Police Service has arrested three suspects over the kidnapping, murder, and burning of 33-year-old Nana Yaw Kyere (Phone dealer) in Accra.
3News (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence28 Sept 2026· Ghana
First Deputy Minority Whip files private members’ motion for inquiry into Ghana-linked narcotics seizures
The First Deputy Minority Whip and Member of Parliament for Tolon, Habib Iddrisu, has filed a private members’ motion seeking a parliamentary inquiry into a series of high-profile narcotics seizures linked to Ghana. The motion, dated September 28, 2026, and submitted to the Clerk to Parliament under Standing Order 102, is co-sponsored by eight other New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs. They are Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Dominic Nitiwul, Abena Osei-Asare, Patrick Boamah, Alhassan Tampuli, Mahama Abdul Kabiru and Samuel Awuku.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
HighLow confidence28 Sept 2026· Ghana
Three arrested over alleged kidnapping and murder of 33-year-old phone dealer in Teshie
The Ghana Police Service has arrested three people in connection with the alleged kidnapping and murder of 33-year-old Nana Yaw Kyere, who was reported missing on September 22.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence28 Sept 2026· Ghana
Arrest Nana Boakye and probe into drug lab claims – NDC’s James Agbey
NDC's James Agbey has called on the security agencies to arrest and question New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Organiser Henry Nana Boakye over his claims that drug traffickers have established clandestine laboratories in Ghana.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence27 Sept 2026
Ghana : 23 of 30 Fire Hydrants in Accra Ministries Area Fail
Ghana : 23 of 30 Fire Hydrants in Accra Ministries Area Fail. Reported by riotimesonline.com and surfaced through GDELT global news monitoring.
GDELT · riotimesonline.com
ModerateLow confidence27 Sept 2026
North East Gonja floods leave 246 homeless in Ghana
North East Gonja floods leave 246 homeless in Ghana. Reported by riotimesonline.com and surfaced through GDELT global news monitoring.
GDELT · riotimesonline.com
ModerateLow confidence26 Sept 2026· Ghana
VIDEO: EOCO’s attempted arrest of Baffour Awuah was flawed beyond saving – Law Lecturer
Lawyer and lecturer at the Ghana School of Law, Lenin Nicholas Anane Agyei, has argued that the attempted arrest of Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) had no sufficient legal basis.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence26 Sept 2026· Ghana
Cocaine seizure: Focus on Ghana’s reputation, not partisan blame – Osae-Kwapong
A fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Dr John Osae Kwapong, has urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to stop blaming successive governments for the recent cocaine seizure linked to Ghana.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
HighLow confidence26 Sept 2026· Ghana
Explainer: The video that got every Ghanaian talking
What was meant to be an arrest, later described as an attempted kidnapping.
3News (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence26 Sept 2026· Ghana
This isn’t the first cocaine bust; NPP must stop the politicisation – NACOC deputy boss
The Deputy Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Elexander Twum-Barimah, has urged the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to stop politicising the recent seizure of cocaine in France linked to Ghana.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence26 Sept 2026· Ghana
This isn’t the first cocaine bust; we must stop the politicisation – NACOC deputy boss
The Deputy Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Elexander Twum-Barimah, has urged the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to stop politicising the recent seizure of cocaine in France linked to Ghana.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence26 Sept 2026· Ghana
EOCO was wrong in its approach to arrest Baffour Awuah - Kpebu
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) also expressed grave concern over an attempt by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to arrest Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah
3News (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence26 Sept 2026· Ghana
Rule of law must be protected – GBA condemns EOCO action against Baffour Awuah
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has expressed concern over the Economic and Organised Crime Office’s (EOCO) attempted arrest of Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah at the Accra High Court Complex.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence26 Sept 2026· Ghana
NPP Canada Organizer BigMo urges Diaspora to support Kodua Frimpong
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Canada Branch organiser Yakubu Alhassan, popularly known as BigMo, has declared his support for JFK, urging members of the party’s diaspora branches to vote for him. BigMo said his decision was influenced by JFK’s sustained engagement with NPP branches outside Ghana, particularly the party’s structures in the diaspora. He said JFK […]
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence25 Sept 2026· Ghana
Eastern NPP Women’s Organiser calls on AG, Police to secure bail for Salomey Baffoe
The Eastern Regional Women’s Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Regina Bempong, is calling on the Attorney-General and the Police Criminal Investigations Department to secure bail for Senior Nursing Officer, Salomey Awiti Baffoe, who is being held in connection with the “Ghana Jollof” case.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence25 Sept 2026· Ghana
‘If we won’t shoot to kill, shoot to maim’ – CPP’s Jantuah on ending galamsey
Lawyer and CPP member Nana Kwame Jantuah advocates shooting to maim illegal miners and proposes a multi-year ban to tackle Ghana's water pollution crisis.
3News (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence25 Sept 2026· Ghana
GBA condemns attempted arrest of Manhyia South MP at Accra High Court
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has condemned an attempt by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to arrest Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah at the Accra High Court, where he had gone to represent a client as a lawyer.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence24 Sept 2026· Ghana
Attempted arrest of Baffour Awuah was unjustified and dangerous – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
Former Majority Leader of Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has questioned the attempted arrest of Manhyia South Member of Parliament Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, describing the incident as unjustified and dangerous to Ghana’s democracy. Speaking on the Joy Super Morning Show, Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu argued that an earlier invitation from the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) was directed at the law firm where Mr Baffour Awuah is a senior partner rather than at him personally. “The matter for the invitation really was not against the person of lawyer Ajii Baffour. It was directed at the office of the law firm at which he operates,” he said. According to the former Majority Leader, the
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence24 Sept 2026· Ghana
Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh engages Mim market traders as Parliamentary campaign gathers momentum
Former Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh, has intensified his grassroots engagement in the Asunafo North Constituency with a visit to traders at the Mim Market. Dr Tandoh visited the market on Monday, September 14, 2026, where he interacted with traders, visited stalls and shops, and distributed aprons to some of them. He also expressed appreciation to the Market Queen Mother and the traders for the reception he received during the visit. The engagement forms part of Dr Tandoh’s constituency outreach as he seeks the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary nomination in Asunafo North. His campaign activities have focused on engaging r
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence24 Sept 2026· Ghana
EU launches ‘EU for a Secure Ghana’ project to tackle terrorism, organised crime and arms trafficking
Deputy Interior Minister Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi has launched the “EU for a Secure Ghana” project to strengthen the country’s response to violent extremism, terrorism, organised crime and the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence23 Sept 2026· Ghana
'It’s a retrogression in our quest for a better democracy’ - Kpebu on EOCO attempt to arrest Baffour Awuah
Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has criticised the Economic and Organised Crime Office’s (EOCO) attempted arrest of Manhyia South MP, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, describing the incident as a "retrogression" for Ghana’s democracy.
3News (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence23 Sept 2026· Ghana
Attempted arrest of Manhyia South MP in that manner a retrogression in Ghana’s democracy – Martin Kpebu
Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has described the alleged attempted arrest of Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah by security personnel believed to be from the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) as a “retrogression” in Ghana’s democratic development.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence22 Sept 2026· Ghana
Parliament must reconvene to probe cocaine cases - Miracles Aboagye
A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team, Dennis Miracles Aboagye has called on Parliament to reconvene and establish an inquiry into series of cocaine-related cases recorded in Ghana.
3News (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence22 Sept 2026· Ghana
NPP calls for dismissal of NACOC, GMA, Shippers Authority heads over narcotics cases
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called for the immediate removal of the heads of key state institutions over what it describes as failures in the fight against narcotics trafficking in Ghana.
3News (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence16 Sept 2026· Ghana
NACOC calls for stronger cross-border cooperation to tackle drug trafficking
The Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Major-General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, has called for stronger and more practical cross-border cooperation among African countries to combat the growing threat of synthetic drugs, cocaine trafficking and transnational organised crime. He made the call in Ghana’s statement delivered at the closing of the 33rd Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa (HONLEA Africa), held in Vienna, Austria, from September 8 to 11, 2026.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence15 Sept 2026· Ghana
GoldBod, EOCO team up to track illicit financial flows in gold trade
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) have begun a joint effort to track and disrupt illicit financial flows linked to Ghana’s gold trading sector.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence14 Sept 2026· Ghana
Ghana, INTERPOL make strides in crime combat – CID boss
Ghana, in collaboration with INTERPOL and other international law-enforcement partners, has made significant strides in combating transnational organised crime, COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, has said.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence12 Sept 2026· Ghana
Ghana calls for stronger regional cooperation to combat drug trafficking
Ghana has called for stronger regional and international cooperation to tackle the growing threat of drug trafficking and transnational organised crime.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
HighLow confidence10 Sept 2026· Ghana
Assin Fosu family races to save abducted 30-year-old after ransom demand rises to GH¢49,500
A family in Assin Fosu, located in Ghana’s Central Region, is locked in a terrifying race against time to save 30-year-old Bismark Amoh, who remains in the hands of brutal captors after being abducted on Sunday, September 6, 2026.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence8 Sept 2026· Ghana
Police dismantle robbery gang targeting gold dealers, mining sites in Ashanti, Western regions
The Ghana Police Service has arrested five suspected members of an armed robbery gang allegedly targeting gold dealers, mining sites and communities across parts of the Ashanti and Western regions.
3News (Ghana)
ModerateLow confidence8 Sept 2026· Ghana
Police bust armed robbery gang targeting gold dealers, mining sites in Ashanti and Western regions
The Ghana Police Service has arrested five suspected members of an armed robbery gang accused of attacking gold dealers, mining sites and communities across parts of the Ashanti and Western regions.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)

Ghana briefings & reports

assessment · 7 Oct 2026

Ghana: Geopolitical Risk Assessment, October 2026

A traditionally stable democracy whose northern border regions face growing pressure from Sahel insecurity and local chieftaincy conflicts.

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